Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Shoulder Active Range of Motion of Senior Male Handball Athletes

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Immediate Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Shoulder Active Range of Motion of Senior Male Handball Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06226961
• Other study ID #: FISIO-3-29072019
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2, 2024
• Est. completion date: February 23, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: University Fernando Pessoa
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to to verify the immediate effects of dynamic cupping on shoulder active range of motion (AROM) of senior male handball athletes.

Description:

After completing the questionnaire, 80 senior male handball athletes will be randomly divided into two designated groups, Intervention Group (IG; n = 40) (dynamic cupping therapy) and Control Group (CG; n = 40) (no intervention). Shoulder AROM (flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, horizontal adduction, horizontal abduction, internal rotation and external rotation movements) will be assessed in both control and intervention groups before (M0) and after (M1) intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: February 23, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 9, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 39 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy senior handball athletes in competition with at least three training sessions per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

• history of injury, fracture or surgical intervention in the upper limb in the last six months before the study;
• vestibular, neurological or cardiorespiratory diseases;
• reported pain in the upper limb or spine
• presence of contraindication for cupping (deep venous thrombosis, with active infection or open wound.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Device:
• cupping
The dynamic cupping will be performed for ten minutes, at a slow pace, and consisted of applying a small amount of massage cream (ATL®) over the entire shoulder (to obtain the ideal sliding surface for cupping application), insufflation of the suction cup, with two pumps, and sliding it in the direction of the muscle fibers around the shoulder and also in the transversal direction.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	Escola Superior Saúde Fernando Pessoa	Porto

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Fernando Pessoa

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	active movements of the shoulder	Data will be collected in two moments: baseline (M0) and after the intervention/control (M1). The shoulder range of motion will be measured using a universal goniometer.; Participants will be instructed to perform the various active movements of the shoulder on the dominant upper limb. The assessments of the shoulder flexion, extension, abduction and adduction movements will be performed standing up, controlling possible compensations. To assess abduction and horizontal adduction movements, the participants will remain seated on a massage table. Internal and external rotation movements will be assessed on a massage table in supine, without inclination. Measurements will be considered invalid if the participant is compensated with another body part. Three measures will be collected for each movement and the average of the three will be considered.	[Time Frame: Change from Baseline (M0) to Immediately after intervention or control (M1)]